by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 13, 2025 | Baroque Era, Middle Ages
Outlying Tower City of Kirchheimbolanden The city charter that Count Henry II of Sponheim (reigned 1350-1393) received for his village Kirchheim from Emperor Charles IV in 1368 was significant in several ways: with the right to fortify, it offered protection and...
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 13, 2025 | Baroque Era, Middle Ages
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 13, 2025 | Baroque Era, Middle Ages
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 13, 2025 | Baroque Era, Middle Ages
Rotenkirchner Gate Rothenkirchen Monastery The Rothenkirchen Monastery, founded by Werner II von Bolanden (1118 – approx. 1190) and his wife Guda (HANC DOMVM FECERVNT WERNER ET GVDA) around 1160, is located an hour (3 km) north of the “Rothenkircher Gate”....
